Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause

Contents

Contents Introduction ix 1. Rhetoric, Celebration, and Ritual: Building a Collective Memory in the Postwar South 1 2. Remembering the Confederacy: Ceremony in the Postwar South, 1865–1920s 14 3. The Road to Secession and War: The Oratorical Defense of the Confederacy and the Old South 40 4. Creating the Myths of the War: Martyrs and Scapegoats of the Confederacy 62 5. Creating the Myths of Reconstruction, Redemption, Reconciliation, and the New and Future South: The Rest of the Story 96 6. The Persistence of a Myth: The Lost Cause in the Modern South 116 Notes 147 Bibliography 165 Index 183 ...